Mutant carbamoylphosphate synthetase and method for producing compounds derived from carbamoylphosphate

ABSTRACT

L-arginine, citrulline and pyrimidine derivatives including orotic acid, uridine, uridine 5′-monophosphate (UMP), cytidine and cytidine 5′-monophosphate (CMP) are produced using a bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia harboring a mutant carbamoylphosphate synthetase in which the amino acid sequence corresponding to positions from 947 to 951 in a wild type carbamoylphosphate synthetase is replaced with any one of amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 9, and feedback inhibition by uridine 5′-monophosphate in the bacterium is desensitized.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention relates to microbiological industry, specifically to a method for producing compounds derived from carbamoylphosphate. More specifically, the present invention concerns the using of new feedback-resistant enzymes involved in arginine and pyrimidine biosynthesis pathways of E.coli strains producing compounds derived from carbamoylphosphate, such as arginine, citrulline and pyrimidine derivatives including orotic acid, uridine, uridine 5′-monophosphate (UMP), cytidine and cytidine 5′-monophosphate (CMP).

[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art

[0004] The carbamoylphosphate synthetase (CPSase) of E.coli catalyzes the complex synthesis of carbamoylphosphate (CP) from bicarbonate, glutamine and two molecules of Mg-ATP, with the release of glutamate, phosphate, and two Mg-ADP [Meister A., Advan. Enzymol. Mol. Biol., vol. 62, p.315-374, 1989]. The synthesis of CP is intermediate for two biosynthetic pathways, namely those of pyrimidine nucleotides and arginine. In the first pathway, CP is coupled to aspartate carbamoyltransferase (ATCase), resulting in formation of orotate in two steps. Orotate is an important metabolic intermediate for the biosynthesis of pyrimidine derivatives, including pyrimidines, such as uracil; pyrimidine nucleosides, such as orotidine, uridine, and cytidine; and pyrimidine nucleotides, such as orotidine 5′-monophosphate (OMP), UMP, and CMP. It was shown that the presence of orotate in a culturing medium during fermentation of the wide scope of bacteria assists measurably in the production and accumulation of pyrimidine derivative, namely, uracil (U.S. Pat. No. 3,214,344). In the second pathway, CP is coupled to ornitine via ornitine carbamoyltransferase (OTCase), constituting the sixth step (starting from glutamate) in the arginine biosynthetic pathway. CPSase is activated by ornitine and IMP (a precursor of purine nucleotides) and inhibited by UMP. Carbamoylphosphate synthetase consists of two subunits. It has been known for coryneform bacteria (EP1026247A1) and for bacteria belonging to the genera Escherichia and Bacillus that those subunits are encoded by carA and carB genes. Transcription of the carAB operon is cumulatively repressed by the end-products of both pathways [Charlier D., et al., J. Mol. Biol., vol. 226, p. 367-386, 1992; Wang H., et al., J. Mol. Biol., vol. 277, p. 805-824, 1998; Glansdorff N., et al., Paths to Pyrimidines, vol. 6, p. 53-62, 1998]. The native E.coli CPSase is a heterodimer composed of a small subunit of 41,270 Da and a large subunit of 117,710 Da, encoded by carA and carB genes respectively. The small subunit catalyzes the hydrolysis of glutamine and is responsible for the transfer of NH₃ to the large subunit, where the CP synthesis actually takes place. The large subunit contains the binding sites for the substrates bicarbonate, ammonia, two separate sites for Mg-ATP and a 18 kDa carboxyterminal region which constitutes the regulatory domain [Rubio V., et al., Biochemistry, vol. 30, p. 1068-1075, 1991; Cervera J., et al., Biochemistry, vol. 35, p. 7247-7255, 1996]. Further, it is suggested that the large subunit has an activity to catalyze solely a synthetic reaction of carbamoylphosphate (Stephen D. Rubino et al., J. Biol. Chem., 206, 4382-4386, 1987).

[0005] The crystal structure of an allosterically activated form of CPSase has recently been described [Thoden J., et al., Biochemistry, vol. 36, p. 6305-6316, 1997; Thoden J., et al., Acta Crystallogr. Sec. D., vol. 55, p. 8-24, 1999]. The first three distinct domains in the large subunit labeled as A, B, C are very similar in terms of structure, but the fourth one is entirely different. The D domain (residues 937-1073) is responsible for the binding and allosteric regulation by effectors: IMP, UMP and ornitine. Also it was shown, that two residues, serine 948 and threonine 1042, appear to be crucial for allosteric regulation of CPSase [Delannay S., et al., J. Mol. Biol., vol. 286, p. 1217-1228, 1999]. When serine 948 is replaced with phenylalanine, the enzyme becomes insensitive to UMP and IMP, but still activated by ornitine, although to a reduced extent. The enzyme with T1042I mutation displays a greatly reduced activation by ornitine.

[0006] As a rule, the feed back resistance (fbr) phenotype of enzyme arises as a result of the replacing the amino acid residue with another in a single or in a few sites of amino acid sequence and these replacements lead to reducing the activity of enzyme. For example, the replacing of natural Met-256 with each of 19 other amino acid residues in E.coli serine acetyltransferase (SAT) (cysE gene) leads in most cases to fbr phenotype but the mutant SAT proteins do not restore the level of activity of natural SAT [Nakamori S. et al. AEM, vol.64, p.1607-1611, 1998]. So, the disadvantage of the mutant enzymes obtained by these methods is the reduced activity of mutant enzymes in comparison with the wild type enzymes.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0007] The present invention is concerning the construction of feedback resistant and high active enzymes playing a key role in biosynthesis of pyrimidines and arginine or citrulline in E.coli.

[0008] In the present invention the novel procedure for synthesizing a large set of mutant carB genes using the full randomization of carB gene fragment is proposed. The simultaneous substitutions of some amino acid residues in fragment of amino acid sequence, in which the fbr mutation can be localized, can produce mutant proteins with restored level of activity close to the natural due to more correct accordance of three dimension structure of enzyme. Thus the present invention described below has been accomplished. That is the present invention provides:

[0009] (1) A large subunit of the carbamoylphosphate synthetase wherein the amino acid sequence corresponding to the positions from 947 to 951 of SEQ ID NO: 20 is replaced with any one of amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 9, and feedback inhibition by uridine 5′-monophosphate is desensitized;

[0010] (2) The large subunit of the carbamoylphosphate synthetase according to (1), wherein the carbamoylphosphate synthetase is that of Escherichia coli.

[0011] (3) The large subunit of the carbamoylphosphate synthetase according to (1), wherein the amino acid sequence of the positions from 947 to 951 of SEQ ID NO: 20 is replaced with any one of amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 9, and feedback inhibition by uridine 5′-monophosphate is desensitized;

[0012] (4) The large subunit of the carbamoylphosphate synthetase according to (1), which includes deletion, substitution, insertion, or addition of one or several amino acids at one or a plurality of positions other than the positions from 947 to 951, wherein feedback inhibition by uridine 5′-monophosphate is desensitized;

[0013] (5) A carbamoylphosphate synthetase which comprises the large subunit of the carbamoylphosphate synthetase according to any one of (1) to (4);

[0014] (6) A DNA coding for the carbamoylphosphate synthetase according to any one of (1) to (4), wherein feedback inhibition by uridine 5′-monophosphate is desensitized;

[0015] (7) A DNA coding the large subunit of carbamoylphosphate synthetase wherein feedback inhibition by uridine 5′-monophosphate is desensitized according to any one of (1) to (4), and a small subunit of carbamoylphosphate synthetase of Escherichia coli.;

[0016] (8) A bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia, which harbors the DNA according to (6) or (7);

[0017] (9) The bacterium according to (8), which has an ability to produce a compound selected from the group consisting of L-arginine, citrulline and pyrimidine derivatives;

[0018] (10) The bacterium according to (9), wherein the pyrimidine derivatives are orotic acid, uridine, UMP, cytidine and CMP;

[0019] (11) A method for producing the compound which is selected from the group consisting of L-arginine, citrulline and pyrimidine derivatives, which method comprises the steps of cultivating the bacterium according to any of (8) to (10) in a medium to produce and accumulate the compound in the medium and collecting compound from the medium; and

[0020] (12) The method as defined in (11), wherein the pyrimidine derivatives are orotic acid, uridine, UMP, cytidine and CMP.

[0021] In the present invention, the term “CPSase activity” means activity to catalyze the reaction of the complex synthesis of carbamoylphosphate from bicarbonate, glutamine and two molecules of Mg-ATP. The “CPSase” of the present invention may be a single polypeptide consisting of the large subunit, or may be a heterodimer comprising the large subunit and the small subunit, provided that the CPSase has the CPSase activity. In the present application, the large subunit and the heterodimer as mentioned above may be generically referred to as “CPSase”. A DNA encoding the large subunit and the small subunit may be referred to as “carAB”.

[0022] The CPSase having any of fbr mutation as described above may be referred to as “the mutant CPSase”, a DNA coding for the mutant CPSase may be referred to as “the mutant carB genes” or “the mutant carAB genes” according to the embodiment, and a CPSase without the mutation may be referred to as “a wild type CPSase”.

[0023] Hereafter, the present invention will be explained in detail.

[0024] <1>Mutant CPSase and Mutant carB Gene

[0025] Subsequent selection and screening of recombinant clones carrying mutant carB genes cloned as carAB operon into expression vector allows to choose the fbr variants of mutant CPSase with different level of its biological activity.

[0026] According to the data obtained by S.Delannay et al. (Delannay S., et al., J. Mol. Biol., v.286, 1217-1228, 1999) the mutant (S948F) of carbamoylphosphate synthase of E.coli is insensitive to UMP. Based on these data, the region including position 948 in CPSase was selected for the target of modification.

[0027] The mutant CPSase and the mutant carB gene are obtained by randomized fragment-directed mutagenesis. To obtain the numerous mutations in carB gene, the randomization of 15-nucleotide fragment of carB gene which codes for the region from Leu947 to Glu951 residues in the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO: 20 is carried out (see below). The randomized 15-nucleotide fragment gives 412 or near 1.5×10⁷ different DNA sequences which can code for 4×10⁵ different amino acid residues in the 5-mer peptide. The likelihood of in frame non-introducing the stop codons in these sequences is about 0.95 or 95%. So, the randomization of the carB gene fragment coding for the peptide from 947-th to 951-th amino acid residues must give approximately 4×10⁵ different amino acid sequences with diversity in this peptide fragment of CPSase structure. Subsequent selection and screening of recombinant clones carrying mutant carB genes cloned into expression vector allows to choose the fbr variants of mutant CPSases with different level of its biological activity.

[0028] The amino acid sequences of the mutant CPSase suitable for fbr phenotype of CPSase are defined by the present invention. Therefore, the mutant CPSase can be obtained based on the sequences by introducing mutations into a wild type carB gene using ordinary methods. As a wild type carB gene, the carB gene of E. coli can be mentioned (nucleotide numbers 10158 to 13379 in the sequence of GenBank Accession AE000113 U00096: SEQ ID NO: 19). The carA gene corresponds to nucleotide numbers 8992 to 10140 in the sequence of GenBank Accession U00096.

[0029] In the case that the carB gene is used for a material to obtain a DNA encoding the mutant CPSase, the mutant carB gene encoding the large subunit of the mutant CPSase. In the case that the carAB genes are used for the material, the mutant carAB gene encoding the large subunit of the mutant CPSase together with the small subunit.

[0030] The amino acid sequence of positions from 947 to 951 in the mutant CPSase of the present invention is any one of the sequence of SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 9. The corresponding amino acid sequence of known fbr CPSase, in which Ser at a position 948 is replaced with Phe, and the wild type CPSase of E. coli are illustrated in Table 1. Examples of nucleotide sequence encoding these amino acid sequences are also shown in Table 1. TABLE 1 Sequence of DNA sequence of randomized region of SEQ randomized SEQ No of CarB protein ID fragment of carB ID clone (947→951 a.a.) NO: gene (5′→3′) NO: Wt -Leu-Ser-Val-Arg-Glu- 28 CTTTCCGTGCGCGAA 30 6 -Leu-Phe-Val-Arg-Glu- 29 CTTTTCGTGCGCGAA 31 (sin- gle muta- tion) 10 -Pro-Leu-Arg-Glu-Gly- 1 CCTCTCCGTGAGGGT 10 12 -Ala-Val-Ala-Leu-Lys- 2 GCTGTCGCTTTGAAA 11 13 -Gly-Val-Phe-Leu-Met- 3 GGTGTCTTCCTAATG 12 27 -Phe-Phe-Cys-Phe-Gly- 4 TTTTTCTGTTTTGGG 13 31 -Pro-Thr-Gly-Arg-Arg- 5 CCTACCGGTAGGAGA 14 33 -Phe-Ala-Cys-Gly-Val- 6 TTCGCCTGTGGGGTG 15 34 -Val-Phe-Gly-Ser-Ser- 7 GTTTTCGGTAGTAGT 16 36 -Ala-Ser-Gly-Val-Glu- 8 GCTTCCGGCGTTGAG 17 37 -Ala-Phe-Cys-Gly-Val- 9 GCCTTCTGTGGGGTG 18

[0031] The mutant CPSase may include deletion, substitution, insertion, or addition of one or several amino acids at one or a plurality of positions other than 947th to 951st. provided that the CPSase activity is not deteriorated. The number of “several” amino acids differs depending on the position or the type of amino acid residues in the three dimensional structure of the protein. This is because of the following reason. That is, some amino acids have high homology to one another and the difference in such an amino acid does not greatly affect the three dimensional structure of the protein. Therefore, the mutant CPSase of the present invention may be one which has homology of not less than 30 to 50%, preferably 50 to 70% with respect to the entire amino acid residues for constituting CPSase, and which has the fbr CPSase activity. The mutant CPSase desirably maintain the CPSase activity of not less than 25%, preferably not less than 30%, more preferably not less than 40% of the activity of the wild type CPSase in the presence of uridine 5′-monophosphate.

[0032] In the present invention, “amino acid sequence corresponding to the sequence of positions from 947 to 951” means an amino acid sequence corresponding to the amino acid sequence of positions from 947 to 951 in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 20. A position of amino acid residue may change. For example, if an amino acid residue is inserted at N-terminus portion, the amino acid residue inherently locates at the position 947 becomes position 948. In such a case, the amino acid residue corresponding to the original position 947 is designated as the amino acid residue at the position 947 in the present invention.

[0033] The phrase “feedback inhibition by uridine 5′-monophosphate is desensitized” means that the degree of the feedback inhibition is lowered. The lowering of the degree of feedback inhibition can be determined by measuring the lowering of the CPSase activity in the presence of uridine 5′-monophosphate and by comparing it with that of protein having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 20. Further, the phrase “feedback inhibition by uridine 5′-monophosphate is desensitized” means that substantial desensitization of inhibition is sufficient, and complete desensitization is not necessary. Concretely, it is desirable that the ratio of the activity of the mutant CPSase in the presence of 10 mM uridine 5′-monophosphate to the activity in the absence of uridine 5′-monophosphate is not less than 50%, preferably not less than 70%, more preferably not less than 90%, when 5 mM glutamine is used for a substrate.

[0034] The DNA, which codes for the substantially same protein as the mutant CPSase described above, may be obtained, for example, by modifying the nucleotide sequence, for example, by means of the site-directed mutagenesis method so that one or more amino acid residues at a specified site involve deletion, substitution, insertion, or addition. DNA modified as described above may be obtained by the conventionally known mutation treatment. The mutation treatment includes a method for treating a DNA containing the mutant carB gene in vitro, for example, with hydroxylamine, and a method for treating a microorganism, for example, a bacterium, belonging to the genus Escherichia harboring the mutant carB gene with ultraviolet irradiation or a mutating agent such as N-methyl-N′-nitro-N-nitrosoquanidine (NTG) and nitrous acid usually used for the such treatment.

[0035] The substitution, deletion, insertion, or addition of nucleotide as described above also includes mutation, which naturally occurs (mutant or variant), for example, on the basis of the individual difference or the difference in species or genus of bacterium, which harbors CPSase.

[0036] The DNA, which codes for substantially the same protein as the mutant CPSase, can be obtained by isolating a DNA which hybridizes with DNA having known carB gene sequence or part of it as a probe under stringent conditions, and which codes for a protein having the CPSase activity, from a cell harboring the mutant CPSase which is subjected to mutation treatment.

[0037] The term “stringent conditions” referred to herein means a condition under which so-called specific hybrid is formed, and non-specific hybrid is not formed. It is difficult to express this condition precisely by using any numerical value. However, for example, the stringent conditions include a condition under which DNAs having high homology, for example, DNAs having homology of not less than 50% with each other are hybridized, and DNAs having homology lower than the above with each other are not hybridized. Alternatively, the stringent condition is exemplified by a condition under which DNA's are hybridized with each other at a salt concentration corresponding to an ordinary condition of washing in Southern hybridization, i.g., 60° C., 1×SSC, 0.1% SDS, preferably 0.1×SSC, 0.1% SDS.

[0038] The gene, which is hybridizable under the condition as described above, includes those having a stop codon generated within a coding region of the gene, and those having no activity due to mutation of active center. However, such inconveniences can be easily removed by ligating the gene with a commercially available expression vector, and investigating CPSase activity of expressed protein.

[0039] When CPSase of the present invention is a heterodimer comprising the mutant large subunit and the small subunit, the small subunit is exemplified by a small subunit of a wild type CPSase of Escherichia coli.

[0040] In the present invention, the small subunit may include deletion, substitution, insertion, or addition of one or several amino acids at one or a plurality of positions, provided that it shows the CPSase activity together with the large subunit. The meaning of the term “several” is the same as described above for the large subunit.

[0041] As the DNA encoding the substantially same polypeptide as the small subunit described above, a DNA which is hybridizable to DNA containing carA or a part thereof under the stringent conditions can be mentioned. The meaning of the term “stringent conditions” is the same as described above.

[0042] <2>Bacterium belonging to the Genus Escherichia of the Present Invention.

[0043] The bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia of the present invention is a bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia to which the mutant carB gene described above is introduced. A bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia is exemplified by E. coli. The mutant carB gene can be introduced by, for example, transformation of a bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia with a recombinant DNA comprising a vector which functions in a bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia and the mutant carB gene. The mutant carB gene can be also introduced by substitution of carB gene on a chromosome with the mutant carB gene.

[0044] Vector using for introduction of the mutant carB gene is exemplified by plasmid vectors such as pBR322, pMW118, pUC19 or the like, phage vectors such as 11059, 1BF101, M13mp9 or the like and transposon such as Mu, Tn10, Tn5 or the like.

[0045] The introduction of a DNA into a bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia can be performed, for example, by a method of D. A. Morrison (Methods in Enzymology, 68, 326 (1979)) or a method in which recipient bacterial cell are treated with calcium chloride to increase permeability of DNA (Mandel, M., and Higa, A., J. Mol. Biol., 53, 159, (1970)) and the like.

[0046] A produced amount of compound derived from carbamoylphosphate, such as L-arginine, citrulline and pyrimidine derivatives, can be increased by introduction of the mutant carB gene into producing bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia as described above. Besides, an ability to produce compounds, such as L-arginine, citrulline and pyrimidine derivatives, may be imparted to a bacterium to which the mutant carB gene is introduced previously. The pyrimidine derivatives above include orotic acid, uridine, UMP, cytidine and CMP.

[0047] As the bacteria belonging to the genus Escherichia which have an activity to produce L-arginine are exemplified by E. coli strains AJ11531 and AF11538 (JP56106598A2), AJ11593 (FERM P-5616) and AJ11594 (FERM P-5617) (Japanese Patent Laid-open No. 57-5693), VKPM B-7925 (Russian Patent Application No. 2000117677). The strain VKPM B-7925 has been deposited in the Russian National Collection for Industrial Microorganisms (VKPM) since Apr. 10, 2000.

[0048] L-citrulline producing bacteria belonging to the genus Escherichia, orotate producing bacteria belonging to the genus Escherichia and uridine 5′-monophosphate (UMP) producing bacteria belonging to the genus Escherichia are not known at present.

[0049] As the bacteria belonging to the genus Bacillus which have an activity to produce L-citrulline are exemplified by B. subtilis strains K-X-1 A-1 (ATCC No 15561) and K-X-1 A-9 (ATCC No 15562) (U.S. Pat. No. 3,282,794), Bacillus sp. strain cit-70 (Japanese Laid-open patent application No. 08-089269). The bacteria belonging to the genus Brevibacterium, which have an activity to produce L-citrulline, are exemplified by Brevibacterium flavum strains AJ3408 (FERM P-1645) (U.S. Pat. No. 5,164,307) and AJ11677 (Japanese Laid-open patent application No. 57-163488). The bacterium belonging to the genus Corynebacterium, which has an activity to produce L-citrulline, is exemplified by Corynebacterium glutamicum strain AJ11588 (FERM P-5643) (U.S. Pat. No. 5,164,307).

[0050] As the bacterium belonging to the genus Bacillus which has an activity to produce orotic acid is exemplified by B. subtilis strain FERM P-11402, deficient in orotate phosphoribosyltransferase (Japanese Laid-open patent application No. 04-004891). The bacteria belonging to the genus Corynebacterium which have an activity to produce UMP are exemplified by Corynebacterium glutamicum strains T-26 (FERM BP-1487), resistant to 5-fluorouracyl, T-29 (FERM BP-1488), resistant to 5-fluorouracyl and trimethoprim, and T-30 (FERM BP-1489), resistant to 5-fluorouracyl and sulfaguanidine (European patent EP0312912).

[0051] The bacteria belonging to the genus Corynebacterium which have an activity to produce UMP are exemplified by Corynebacterium ammoniagenes strains LK 40-2 (VKPM B-7811), LK 75-15 (VKPM B-7812), and LK 75-66 (VKPM B-7813) (Russian patent application No. 99122774).

[0052] <3>Method for Producing L-Arginine, Citrulline and Pyrimidine Derivatives.

[0053] Compounds, such as L-arginine, citrulline and pyrimidine derivatives, can be efficiently produced by cultivating the bacterium to which the mutant carB gene is introduced and which has an ability to produce said compounds in a culture medium, producing and accumulating said compounds in the medium, and collecting them from the medium. The pyrimidine derivatives above include orotic acid, uridine, UMP, cytidine and CMP. In the method of present invention, the cultivation of the bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia, the collection and purification of compounds from the liquid medium may be performed in a manner similar to those of the conventional method for producing L-arginine by fermentation using a bacterium. A medium used in cultivation may be either a synthetic medium or a natural medium, so long as the medium includes a carbon and a nitrogen source and minerals and, if necessary, nutrients the bacterium used requires for growth in appropriate amount. The carbon source may include various carbohydrates such as glucose and sucrose, and various organic acids, depending on assimilatory ability of the used bacterium. Alcohol including ethanol and glycerol may be used. As the nitrogen source, ammonia, various ammonium salts as ammonium sulfate, other nitrogen compounds such as amines, a natural nitrogen source such as peptone, soybean hydrolyzate and digested fermentative microbe may be used. As minerals, monopotassium phosphate, magnesium sulfate, sodium chloride, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, calcium carbonate may be used.

[0054] The cultivation is preferably the one under an aerobic condition such as a shaking, and aeration and stirring culture. The cultivation is usually performed at a temperature between 20 and 40° C., preferably 30 and 38° C. The cultivation is usually performed at a pH between 5 and 9, preferably between 6.5 and 7.2. The pH of the culture medium can be adjusted with ammonia, calcium carbonate, various acids, various bases, and buffers. Usually, a 1 to 3-day cultivation leads to the accumulation of the compounds in the medium.

[0055] The isolation of the compounds can be performed by removing solids such as cells from the medium by centrifugation or membrane filtration after cultivation, and then collecting and purifying such compounds by ion exchange, concentration and crystalline fraction methods and the like.

BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0056]FIG. 1 shows scheme of construction the plasmid pEL-carAB-wt.

[0057]FIG. 2 shows scheme of construction the pool of mutant carB genes.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

[0058] The present invention will be specifically explained with reference to the following examples.

Example 1

[0059] The plasmid pBScarAB-13 carrying wild type carAB genes from E.coli was constructed by cloning the AvaIII-BglII DNA fragment (4911 bp) from E.coli chromosome to pBluescript II SK(+) vector (Fermentas, Lithuania) previously digested by BamHI and PstI.

[0060] The plasmid pET22-b(+) (Novagen, USA) was modified to substitute the T7 promoter by lac promoter. The lac promoter was obtained by PCR amplification using plasmid pUC18 as a template and the oligonucleotides 5′-accagatctgcgggcagtgagcgcaacgc-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 21) and 5′-gtttctagatcctgtgtgaaattgttatccgc-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 22) as a primers. The resulted fragment (0.14 kb) carrying the lac promoter was digested by restrictases BglII and XbaI and cloned into pET22-b(+) vector previously digested by the same restrictases. The resulted plasmid pET-Plac was used for cloning the carAB genes without promoter from plasmid pBScarAB-13.

[0061] The 5′-end of carA gene (1.18 kb) was obtained by PCR amplification using pBScarAB-13 as a template and oligonucleotides 5′-cctctagaaataaagtgagtgaatattc-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 23) and 5′-cttagcggttttacggtactgc-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 24) as a primers. The resulted fragment was digested by XbaI and DraIII and XbaI-DraIII fragment (0.61 kb) carrying 5′-end sequence of carA gene was purified by agarose electrophoresis. The mixture of this fragment, the DraIII-SacI fragment from plasmid pBScarAB-13 (carrying sequences of 3′-end of carA gene and carB gene) and vector pET-Plac/XbaI-SacI were ligated and transformed into E.coli TG1 cells. The recombinant plasmid pEL-carAB-wt obtained carried sequence of wild type carAB operon under control of lac promoter.

[0062] The TaKaRa La DNA Polymerase used for PCR amplification was obtained from Takara Shuzo Co. (Japan) and was used under the conditions recommended by the supplier.

[0063] <1>The Randomized Fragment-Directed Mutagenesis

[0064] The plasmid pBScarAB-13 was used as the template, the sense primer P1: 5′-ggtcgtgcgctgNN(T/C)N(T/C)CNN(T/C)NNN(G/A)NNggcgataaagaacgcg tggtg-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 25) (48 bases) is designed based on the nucleotide sequence of carB gene and the standard M13 direct sequence primer is used as a antisense primer. The fixed 12-nucleotide 5′-end and fixed 21-nucleotide 3′-end regions of primer P1 are homologous to the sequence of carB gene downstream Glu951 codon and upstream Leu947 codon, respectively.

[0065] The 0.75 kbp DNA fragment (3′-end of carB gene) was synthesized during first round of PCR (15 cycles) using the primer P1 with randomized 15 nucleotide region. The first round of PCR was performed as follows. 100 ng of plasmid pBScarAB-13 were added as a template to PCR solution (50 μl) containing each of the two primers at a concentration of 10 pmol. Fifteen PCR cycles (94° C. for 15 sec, 52° C. for 20 sec, 72° C. for 1 min) was carried out with a model 2400 DNA thermal cycler (Perkin-Elmer Co., Foster City, Calif.)

[0066] At the second round of amplification the next fifteen cycles (94° C. for 1 min, 35° C. for 1 min, 72° C. for 2 min) was carried out in which the (−) chain of this fragment is functioning as a “primer” for extension it to get the full gene sequence.

[0067] At the third round, the 10 μl aliquot of the reaction mixture was added to a fresh 90 μl reaction mixture containing 100 pmol of the sense primer: standard M13 direct sequence primer and primer P2: 5′-ccacttcctcgatgacgcgg-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 26) as antisense, and additional fifteen cycles (94° C. for 0.5 min, 55° C. for 20 sec. 72° C. for 2 min) was performed.

[0068] The 1.32 kb DNA fragment coding the pool of mutant variants of 3′-end fragment of carB gene was purified by agarose gel electrophoresis, then was digested with AflII and SacI, and further was ligated to the pEL-carAB-wt vector previously digested by the same restrictases to obtain pEL-carAB-NN.

[0069] About 150 ng of DNA ligated was used for transformation of E.coli TG1 (supe hsdΔ5 thi Δ(lac-proAB) F′[traD36 proAB⁺lacI^(q) lacZΔM15]) (J.Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning, 1989) recipient cells in subsequent experiments to give about 2000 recombinant clones in each case. The pool of recombinant plasmids (pEL-carAB-NN) was purified and transformed into E.coli cells VKPM B-6969 (carB::Tn10), which were used to select the recombinant plasmids pEL-carAB-NN carrying carAB genes encoding active CarAB enzymes.

[0070] <2>The Site-Directed Mutagenesis

[0071] For introducing the single mutation Ser948Phe PCR was performed using the plasmid pBScarAB-13 as the template, the sense primer 5′-cgtgcgctgcttttcgtgcgcgaaggcgataaag-3′ (34 bases) (SEQ ID NO: 27) designed based on the nucleotide sequence of carB gene and the standard M13 direct sequence primer as a antisense primer. The PCR amplification and cloning of the fragments was carried out as described above.

[0072] The 1.32 kbp DNA fragment coding the 3′-end fragment of carB gene with single mutation was purified by agarose gel electrophoresis, was digested with AflII and SacI. and then was ligated to the pEL-carAB-wt vector previously digested with the same restrictases.

[0073] About 100 ng of resulted DNA plasmid was used for transformation of E.coli cells VKPM B-6969 and the recombinant plasmid pEL-carAB-6 carrying active CarAB enzymes with single substitution Ser948Phe was selected.

Example 2 Isolation of New carB Mutants and Effect of Amino Acid Substitutions in CPSase on Catalytic Properties

[0074] At first, the CarAB activity and its feed back resistance to UMP were evaluated in reactions of biosynthesis of the citrulline from ornithine catalyzed by CarAB and ArgI (ornitine carbamoyltransferase) enzymes in forty recombinant B-6969(pEL-carAB-NN) clones.

[0075] The scheme of reaction is following:

[0076] In this reaction carbamoylphosphate synthetase uses free NH₄ ⁺ as substrate.

[0077] The protein extracts from forty B-6969(pEL-carAB-NN) strains and TG1(pUC18-argI) cells were prepared from crude cellular extracts of sonicated cells by precipitation with (NH₄)₂SO₄ (75% of saturation). The protein precipitates were solubilized in buffer of following composition: Tris-HCl (50 mM), pH 7.5, 2-mercaptoethanol (2 mM).

[0078] The test-system included the protein extracts from strains B-6969(pEL-carAB-NN) and TG1(pUC18-argI) and following reagents: ATP (8 mM), MgSO₄ (8 mM), (NH₄)₂SO₄ (200 mM), Na₂CO₃ (8 mM) and ornitine (1 mM), (pH 7.5). Content of ornitine and citrulline in reaction mixtures was analyzed by TLC using the liquid phase of following composition: isopropanol/ethyl acetate/ammonium hydroxide/H₂O=40/20/13/27 (v/v).

[0079] The 9 clones which expressed the active and feed-back resistant to UMP mutant CPSases and one clone which expressed mutant CPSase with single substitution Ser948Phe were used for measuring the mutant enzymes activity.

[0080] The plasmids from said 10 clones were purified and sequences of randomized fragments of carB genes were determined using dideoxy chain termination method (table 1).

[0081] Then, the protein extracts from these 9 clones B-6969(pEL-carAB-NN) and one clone B-6969(pEL-carAB-6) were used to evaluate the activity and fbr of mutant CPSases in reaction of carbamoylphosphate (CP) synthesis from glutamine or ammonia.

[0082] The crude cellular extracts from cells were prepared by sonication of 20 mg wet cells pellet suspended in 0,5 ml of buffer A (200 mM K₂HPO₄/KH₂pO₄, pH 8.0, 1 mM EDTA, 1 mM PMSF, 1 mM DTT) and treated with solid ammonium sulfate to achieve 65% of saturation. After incubation for 10 min at 4° C., the suspensions were centrifuged at 13,000 rpm for 10 min and the precipitates were dissolved in 1 ml of buffer B (20 mM K₂HPO₄/KH₂PO₄, pH 8.0, 50 mM KCl, 1 mM PMSF, 1 mM DTT). The aliquots of obtained protein extracts were used to evaluate the CPSase activity. The schemes of reaction were following:

[0083] The 50 μl of each reaction mixture included:

[0084] reaction I—20 mM tris-HCl, pH 8.0, 100 mM KC1, 5 mM Na₂CO₃, 10 mM ATP, 10 mM MgCl₂, 5 mM glutamine, 10 μl of protein extract;

[0085] reaction II—20 mM tris-HCl, pH 8.0, 100 mM KCl, 5 mM Na₂Co₃, 10 mM ATP, 10 mM MgCl₂, 200 mM (NH₄)₂SO₄, 10 μL of protein extract.

[0086] Also, the series of reaction I were carried out in the presence of 10 mM UTP to estimate the level of feed back inhibition of CPSases.

[0087] After incubation for 10 min at 37° C. reactions were stopped by addition of equal volume of EtOH, cooled at −20° C. for 10 min and centrifuged at 13,000 rpm for 1 min at room temperature. Supernatants were cooled at −20° C.

[0088] The CP content in reaction mixtures was analyzed by capillary zone electrophoresis. The separation was performed on a Quanta 4000E Capillary Electrophoresis System (“Waters”, USA) with UV indirect detection at 254 nm. The injection was performed by hydrostatic for 25 s. The separation was carried out with an uncoated fused-silica capillary (75u I.D.* 60 cm, effective length 53 cm) and was operated at −25 kV potential. Temperature was maintained at 20° C. The separation buffer consisted of 50 mM Tris base, 25 mM benzoic acid (for indirect detection), pH 8.5, 0.25 mM TTAB (tetradecyl-trimethyl-ammonium bromide) (for reversion of electroosmotic flow).

[0089] The data of the measured activity and fbr of mutant CPSases in reaction of CP synthesis are shown in the Table 2. TABLE 2 The activity of mutant CPSases Activity, (CP, nmol/mg × min) Substrate: 5 mM Gln; No of Substrate: Substrate: Allosteric effector: 10 clone 5 mM Gln 200 mM (NH₄)₂SO₄ mM UMP Wt 1350 425 170 6 320 220 320 10 690 225 625 12 540 95 540 13 350 60 350 27 730 400 670 31 1120 375 810 33 510 150 510 34 765 345 765 36 390 90 390 37 475 205 475

[0090] So, the mutated CPSases are essentially insensitive to UMP but the single mutation significantly reduced the activity of enzyme. These results indicate that peptide fragment from 947 to 951 amino acid residues is responsible for the feedback inhibition of CPSase by UMP and for the level of catalytic efficiency of mutant CPSases as well.

[0091] The genes coding the wt CarAB and the mutant CarAB-34 were cloned into plasmid pMW119. For this purpose, the plasmids pEL-carAB-wt and pEL-carAB-34 were digested by restrictases SacI and XbaI (partial digestion was used because said plasmids carried two XbaI sites) and fragments coding carAB genes were cloned into pMW119 vector previously treated by the same restrictases. As a result, the low-copy number plasmids pMW119carAB-wt and pMW119carAB-34 carrying carAB genes under control of lac promoter were constructed.

Example 3 Production of Orotic Acid Using the Strains Carrying Mutant carAB Genes

[0092] The strain 311 was derived from E.coli K12 having insertion of Tn 10 into the argA gene (VKPM B-3853) as a mutant strain resistant to 6-azauracil (1 mg/ml). The strain 311 has been deposited in the Russian National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (VKPM) under the accession number: VKPM B-8085, since Mar. 5, 2001, and then the original deposit was converted to the international deposit on Jul. 17, 2002, according to the provisions of Budapest Treaty.

[0093] Strain 311 was transformed with plasmids pMW-carABwt and pMW-carAB-34 and production of orotic acid by resulted recombinant strains in the presence of different concentrations of uridine was tested.

[0094] The cultivation conditions in test-tube fermentation was as follows:

[0095] 1/20 diluted overnight culture, 60 g/l glucose, 25 g/l ammonia sulfate, 2 g/l KH₂PO₄, 1 g/l MgSO₄, 0.1 mg/l thiamine, 5 g/l yeast extract Difco, 25 g/l chalk, per 1 liter of tap water (pH 7.2). Glucose and chalk were sterilized separately. 2 ml of the medium was placed into test-tubes, and the cultivation was carried out at 32° C. for 3 days with shaking.The level of orotic acid production was evaluated by HPLC (table 3). TABLE 3 The level of orotic acid production in strains 311 (pMW119), 311 (pMW-CarAB-wt), 311 (pMW-CarAB-34) Uridine, 100 Uridine, 300 Uridine, 1000 mg/l mg/l mg/l Orotic acid Orotic acid Orotic acid A₅₅₀, biosynthesis, A₅₅₀, biosynthesis, A₅₅₀, biosynthesis, Strain o.u. g/l o.u. g/l o.u. g/l 311 (pMW119) 13.1 0.12 13.8 0.11 9.0 0.01 311 (pMW- 11.4 0.27 12.2 0.18 9.8 0.03 CarAB-wt) 311 (pMW- 12.6 0.66 12.7 0.40 10.3 0.11 CarAB-34)

[0096] As is shown in the Table 3, the strain 311(pMW-CarAB-34) carrying mutant carAB gene produced more orotic acid compared to the parent strain 311(pMW119) and strain 311(pMW-CarAB-wt) carrying wild type carAB gene.

Example 4 Production of Arginine and/or Citrulline Using the Strains Carrying Mutant carAB Genes

[0097] The arginine producing strains 333 and 374 have been selected from the derivative of the strain E.coli 57 (VKPM B-7386) having insertion of transposone Tn 5 into the gene ilvA as mutants resistant to 6-azauracil (1 mg/ml). The strains 333 and 374 have been deposited in the Russian National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (VKPM) under the accession numbers VKPM B-8084 and VKPM B-8086, respectively, since Mar. 5, 2001, and then the original deposit was converted to the international deposit on Jul. 17, 2002, according to the provisions of Budapest Treaty.

[0098] The strains 333 and 374 were transformed with plasmids pMW-carABwt and pMW-carAB-34 and production of Arg and Cit by these recombinant strains was tested.

[0099] The test-tube fermentation was performed the same manner as in Example 3.

[0100] The levels of Arg and/or Cit production by strains 333(pMW-CarAB-wt) and 333(pMW-CarAB-34) in synthetic medium with 100 mg/l uridine are shown in the Table 4. TABLE 4 The levels of Arg and/or Cit production in strains 333(pMW-CarAB-wt) and 333(pMW-CarAB-34) Level of Level of Level of Arg Cit Arg + Cit Absorbance, biosynthesis, biosynthesis, biosynthesis, Strain A₅₆₀, u. g/l g/l g/l 333(pMW- 24.1 0.60 0.39 0.99 CarABwt) 333(pMW- 20.5 1.01 0.51 1.52 CarAB-34)

[0101] The level of Cit production by strains 374(pMW-CarAB-wt) and 374(pMW-CarAB-34) in synthetic medium with 100 mg/l uridine are shown in the Table 5. TABLE 5 The level of Cit production in strains 374(pMW-CarAB-wt) and 374(pMW-CarAB-34) Absorbance, Level of Cit Strain A₅₆₀, u. biosynthesis, g/l 374(pMW-CarABwt) 22.3 <0.01 374(pMW-CarAB-34) 15.5 0.26

[0102] As is shown in the table 4, the strain 333(pMW-CarAB-34) carrying mutant carAB gene produced more Arg and Cit than the strains carrying wild type carAB gene. As is shown in the Table 5, the strain 374(pMW-CarAB-34) produced more Cit than the strains carrying wild type carAB gene.

1 33 1 5 PRT ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE 1 Pro Leu Arg Glu Gly 1 5 2 5 PRT ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE 2 Ala Val Ala Leu Lys 1 5 3 5 PRT ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE 3 Gly Val Phe Leu Met 1 5 4 5 PRT ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE 4 Phe Phe Cys Phe Gly 1 5 5 5 PRT ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE 5 Pro Thr Gly Arg Arg 1 5 6 5 PRT ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE 6 Phe Ala Cys Gly Val 1 5 7 5 PRT ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE 7 Val Phe Gly Ser Ser 1 5 8 5 PRT ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE 8 Ala Ser Gly Val Glu 1 5 9 5 PRT ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE 9 Ala Phe Cys Gly Val 1 5 10 15 DNA ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC DNA 10 cctctccgtg agggt 15 11 15 DNA ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC DNA 11 gctgtcgctt tgaaa 15 12 15 DNA ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC DNA 12 ggtgtcttcc taatg 15 13 15 DNA ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC DNA 13 tttttctgtt ttggg 15 14 15 DNA ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC DNA 14 cctaccggta ggaga 15 15 15 DNA ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC DNA 15 ttcgcctgtg gggtg 15 16 15 DNA ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC DNA 16 gttttcggta gtagt 15 17 15 DNA ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC DNA 17 gcttccggcg ttgag 15 18 15 DNA ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC DNA 18 gccttctgtg gggtg 15 19 3222 DNA Escherichia coli CDS (1)..(3222) 19 atg cca aaa cgt aca gat ata aaa agt atc ctg att ctg ggt gcg ggc 48 Met Pro Lys Arg Thr Asp Ile Lys Ser Ile Leu Ile Leu Gly Ala Gly 1 5 10 15 ccg att gtt atc ggt cag gcg tgt gag ttt gac tac tct ggc gcg caa 96 Pro Ile Val Ile Gly Gln Ala Cys Glu Phe Asp Tyr Ser Gly Ala Gln 20 25 30 gcg tgt aaa gcc ctg cgt gaa gag ggt tac cgc gtc att ctg gtg aac 144 Ala Cys Lys Ala Leu Arg Glu Glu Gly Tyr Arg Val Ile Leu Val Asn 35 40 45 tcc aac ccg gcg acc atc atg acc gac ccg gaa atg gct gat gca acc 192 Ser Asn Pro Ala Thr Ile Met Thr Asp Pro Glu Met Ala Asp Ala Thr 50 55 60 tac atc gag ccg att cac tgg gaa gtt gta cgc aag att att gaa aaa 240 Tyr Ile Glu Pro Ile His Trp Glu Val Val Arg Lys Ile Ile Glu Lys 65 70 75 80 gag cgc ccg gac gcg gtg ctg cca acg atg ggc ggt cag acg gcg ctg 288 Glu Arg Pro Asp Ala Val Leu Pro Thr Met Gly Gly Gln Thr Ala Leu 85 90 95 aac tgc gcg ctg gag ctg gaa cgt cag ggc gtg ttg gaa gag ttc ggt 336 Asn Cys Ala Leu Glu Leu Glu Arg Gln Gly Val Leu Glu Glu Phe Gly 100 105 110 gtc acc atg att ggt gcc act gcc gat gcg att gat aaa gca gaa gac 384 Val Thr Met Ile Gly Ala Thr Ala Asp Ala Ile Asp Lys Ala Glu Asp 115 120 125 cgc cgt cgt ttc gac gta gcg atg aag aaa att ggt ctg gaa acc gcg 432 Arg Arg Arg Phe Asp Val Ala Met Lys Lys Ile Gly Leu Glu Thr Ala 130 135 140 cgt tcc ggt atc gca cac acg atg gaa gaa gcg ctg gcg gtt gcc gct 480 Arg Ser Gly Ile Ala His Thr Met Glu Glu Ala Leu Ala Val Ala Ala 145 150 155 160 gac gtg ggc ttc ccg tgc att att cgc cca tcc ttt acc atg ggc ggt 528 Asp Val Gly Phe Pro Cys Ile Ile Arg Pro Ser Phe Thr Met Gly Gly 165 170 175 agc ggc ggc ggt atc gct tat aac cgt gaa gag ttt gaa gaa att tgc 576 Ser Gly Gly Gly Ile Ala Tyr Asn Arg Glu Glu Phe Glu Glu Ile Cys 180 185 190 gcc cgc ggt ctg gat ctc tct ccg acc aaa gag ttg ctg att gat gag 624 Ala Arg Gly Leu Asp Leu Ser Pro Thr Lys Glu Leu Leu Ile Asp Glu 195 200 205 tcg ctg atc ggc tgg aaa gag tac gag atg gaa gtg gtg cgt gat aaa 672 Ser Leu Ile Gly Trp Lys Glu Tyr Glu Met Glu Val Val Arg Asp Lys 210 215 220 aac gac aac tgc atc atc gtc tgc tct atc gaa aac ttc gat gcg atg 720 Asn Asp Asn Cys Ile Ile Val Cys Ser Ile Glu Asn Phe Asp Ala Met 225 230 235 240 ggc atc cac acc ggt gac tcc atc act gtc gcg cca gcc caa acg ctg 768 Gly Ile His Thr Gly Asp Ser Ile Thr Val Ala Pro Ala Gln Thr Leu 245 250 255 acc gac aaa gaa tat caa atc atg cgt aac gcc tcg atg gcg gtg ctg 816 Thr Asp Lys Glu Tyr Gln Ile Met Arg Asn Ala Ser Met Ala Val Leu 260 265 270 cgt gaa atc ggc gtt gaa acc ggt ggt tcc aac gtt cag ttt gcg gtg 864 Arg Glu Ile Gly Val Glu Thr Gly Gly Ser Asn Val Gln Phe Ala Val 275 280 285 aac ccg aaa aac ggt cgt ctg att gtt atc gaa atg aac cca cgc gtg 912 Asn Pro Lys Asn Gly Arg Leu Ile Val Ile Glu Met Asn Pro Arg Val 290 295 300 tcc cgt tct tcg gcg ctg gcg tcg aaa gcg acc ggt ttc ccg att gct 960 Ser Arg Ser Ser Ala Leu Ala Ser Lys Ala Thr Gly Phe Pro Ile Ala 305 310 315 320 aaa gtg gcg gcg aaa ctg gcg gtg ggt tac acc ctc gac gaa ctg atg 1008 Lys Val Ala Ala Lys Leu Ala Val Gly Tyr Thr Leu Asp Glu Leu Met 325 330 335 aac gac atc act ggc gga cgt act ccg gcc tcc ttc gag ccg tcc atc 1056 Asn Asp Ile Thr Gly Gly Arg Thr Pro Ala Ser Phe Glu Pro Ser Ile 340 345 350 gac tat gtg gtt act aaa att cct cgc ttc aac ttc gaa aaa ttc gcc 1104 Asp Tyr Val Val Thr Lys Ile Pro Arg Phe Asn Phe Glu Lys Phe Ala 355 360 365 ggt gct aac gac cgt ctg acc act cag atg aaa tcg gtt ggc gaa gtg 1152 Gly Ala Asn Asp Arg Leu Thr Thr Gln Met Lys Ser Val Gly Glu Val 370 375 380 atg gcg att ggt cgc acg cag cag gaa tcc ctg caa aaa gcg ctg cgc 1200 Met Ala Ile Gly Arg Thr Gln Gln Glu Ser Leu Gln Lys Ala Leu Arg 385 390 395 400 ggc ctg gaa gtc ggt gcg act gga ttc gac ccg aaa gtg agc ctg gat 1248 Gly Leu Glu Val Gly Ala Thr Gly Phe Asp Pro Lys Val Ser Leu Asp 405 410 415 gac ccg gaa gcg tta acc aaa atc cgt cgc gaa ctg aaa gac gca ggc 1296 Asp Pro Glu Ala Leu Thr Lys Ile Arg Arg Glu Leu Lys Asp Ala Gly 420 425 430 gca gat cgt atc tgg tac atc gcc gat gcg ttc cgt gcg ggc ctg tct 1344 Ala Asp Arg Ile Trp Tyr Ile Ala Asp Ala Phe Arg Ala Gly Leu Ser 435 440 445 gtg gac ggc gtc ttc aac ctg acc aac att gac cgc tgg ttc ctg gta 1392 Val Asp Gly Val Phe Asn Leu Thr Asn Ile Asp Arg Trp Phe Leu Val 450 455 460 cag att gaa gag ctg gtg cgt ctg gaa gag aaa gtg gcg gaa gtg ggc 1440 Gln Ile Glu Glu Leu Val Arg Leu Glu Glu Lys Val Ala Glu Val Gly 465 470 475 480 atc act ggc ctg aac gct gac ttc ctg cgc cag ctg aaa cgc aaa ggc 1488 Ile Thr Gly Leu Asn Ala Asp Phe Leu Arg Gln Leu Lys Arg Lys Gly 485 490 495 ttt gcc gat gcg cgc ttg gca aaa ctg gcg ggc gta cgc gaa gcg gaa 1536 Phe Ala Asp Ala Arg Leu Ala Lys Leu Ala Gly Val Arg Glu Ala Glu 500 505 510 atc cgt aag ctg cgt gac cag tat gac ctg cac ccg gtt tat aag cgc 1584 Ile Arg Lys Leu Arg Asp Gln Tyr Asp Leu His Pro Val Tyr Lys Arg 515 520 525 gtg gat acc tgt gcg gca gag ttc gcc acc gac acc gct tac atg tac 1632 Val Asp Thr Cys Ala Ala Glu Phe Ala Thr Asp Thr Ala Tyr Met Tyr 530 535 540 tcc act tat gaa gaa gag tgc gaa gcg aat ccg tct acc gac cgt gaa 1680 Ser Thr Tyr Glu Glu Glu Cys Glu Ala Asn Pro Ser Thr Asp Arg Glu 545 550 555 560 aaa atc atg gtg ctt ggc ggc ggc ccg aac cgt atc ggt cag ggt atc 1728 Lys Ile Met Val Leu Gly Gly Gly Pro Asn Arg Ile Gly Gln Gly Ile 565 570 575 gaa ttc gac tac tgt tgc gta cac gcc tcg ctg gcg ctg cgc gaa gac 1776 Glu Phe Asp Tyr Cys Cys Val His Ala Ser Leu Ala Leu Arg Glu Asp 580 585 590 ggt tac gaa acc att atg gtt aac tgt aac ccg gaa acc gtc tcc acc 1824 Gly Tyr Glu Thr Ile Met Val Asn Cys Asn Pro Glu Thr Val Ser Thr 595 600 605 gac tac gac act tcc gac cgc ctc tac ttc gag ccg gta act ctg gaa 1872 Asp Tyr Asp Thr Ser Asp Arg Leu Tyr Phe Glu Pro Val Thr Leu Glu 610 615 620 gat gtg ctg gaa atc gtg cgt atc gag aag ccg aaa ggc gtt atc gtc 1920 Asp Val Leu Glu Ile Val Arg Ile Glu Lys Pro Lys Gly Val Ile Val 625 630 635 640 cag tac ggc ggt cag acc ccg ctg aaa ctg gcg cgc gcg ctg gaa gct 1968 Gln Tyr Gly Gly Gln Thr Pro Leu Lys Leu Ala Arg Ala Leu Glu Ala 645 650 655 gct ggc gta ccg gtt atc ggc acc agc ccg gat gct atc gac cgt gca 2016 Ala Gly Val Pro Val Ile Gly Thr Ser Pro Asp Ala Ile Asp Arg Ala 660 665 670 gaa gac cgt gaa cgc ttc cag cat gcg gtt gag cgt ctg aaa ctg aaa 2064 Glu Asp Arg Glu Arg Phe Gln His Ala Val Glu Arg Leu Lys Leu Lys 675 680 685 caa ccg gcg aac gcc acc gtt acc gct att gaa atg gcg gta gag aag 2112 Gln Pro Ala Asn Ala Thr Val Thr Ala Ile Glu Met Ala Val Glu Lys 690 695 700 gcg aaa gag att ggc tac ccg ctg gtg gta cgt ccg tct tac gtt ctc 2160 Ala Lys Glu Ile Gly Tyr Pro Leu Val Val Arg Pro Ser Tyr Val Leu 705 710 715 720 ggc ggt cgg gcg atg gaa atc gtc tat gac gaa gct gac ctg cgt cgc 2208 Gly Gly Arg Ala Met Glu Ile Val Tyr Asp Glu Ala Asp Leu Arg Arg 725 730 735 tac ttc cag acg gcg gtc agc gtg tct aac gat gcg cca gtg ttg ctg 2256 Tyr Phe Gln Thr Ala Val Ser Val Ser Asn Asp Ala Pro Val Leu Leu 740 745 750 gac cac ttc ctc gat gac gcg gta gaa gtt gac gtg gat gcc atc tgc 2304 Asp His Phe Leu Asp Asp Ala Val Glu Val Asp Val Asp Ala Ile Cys 755 760 765 gac ggc gaa atg gtg ctg att ggc ggc atc atg gag cat att gag cag 2352 Asp Gly Glu Met Val Leu Ile Gly Gly Ile Met Glu His Ile Glu Gln 770 775 780 gcg ggc gtg cac tcc ggt gac tcc gca tgt tct ctg cca gcc tac acc 2400 Ala Gly Val His Ser Gly Asp Ser Ala Cys Ser Leu Pro Ala Tyr Thr 785 790 795 800 tta agt cag gaa att cag gat gtg atg cgc cag cag gtg cag aaa ctg 2448 Leu Ser Gln Glu Ile Gln Asp Val Met Arg Gln Gln Val Gln Lys Leu 805 810 815 gcc ttc gaa ttg cag gtg cgc ggc ctg atg aac gtg cag ttt gcg gtg 2496 Ala Phe Glu Leu Gln Val Arg Gly Leu Met Asn Val Gln Phe Ala Val 820 825 830 aaa aac aac gaa gtc tac ctg att gaa gtt aac ccg cgt gcg gcg cgt 2544 Lys Asn Asn Glu Val Tyr Leu Ile Glu Val Asn Pro Arg Ala Ala Arg 835 840 845 acc gtt ccg ttc gtc tcc aaa gcc acc ggc gta ccg ctg gca aaa gtg 2592 Thr Val Pro Phe Val Ser Lys Ala Thr Gly Val Pro Leu Ala Lys Val 850 855 860 gcg gcg cgc gtg atg gct ggc aaa tcg ctg gct gag cag ggc gta acc 2640 Ala Ala Arg Val Met Ala Gly Lys Ser Leu Ala Glu Gln Gly Val Thr 865 870 875 880 aaa gaa gtt atc ccg ccg tac tac tcg gtg aaa gaa gtg gtg ctg ccg 2688 Lys Glu Val Ile Pro Pro Tyr Tyr Ser Val Lys Glu Val Val Leu Pro 885 890 895 ttc aat aaa ttc ccg ggc gtt gac ccg ctg tta ggg cca gaa atg cgc 2736 Phe Asn Lys Phe Pro Gly Val Asp Pro Leu Leu Gly Pro Glu Met Arg 900 905 910 tct acc ggg gaa gtc atg ggc gtg ggc cgc acc ttc gct gaa gcg ttt 2784 Ser Thr Gly Glu Val Met Gly Val Gly Arg Thr Phe Ala Glu Ala Phe 915 920 925 gcc aaa gcg cag ctg ggc agc aac tcc acc atg aag aaa cac ggt cgt 2832 Ala Lys Ala Gln Leu Gly Ser Asn Ser Thr Met Lys Lys His Gly Arg 930 935 940 gcg ctg ctt tcc gtg cgc gaa ggc gat aaa gaa cgc gtg gtg gac ctg 2880 Ala Leu Leu Ser Val Arg Glu Gly Asp Lys Glu Arg Val Val Asp Leu 945 950 955 960 gcg gca aaa ctg ctg aaa cag ggc ttc gag ctg gat gcg acc cac ggc 2928 Ala Ala Lys Leu Leu Lys Gln Gly Phe Glu Leu Asp Ala Thr His Gly 965 970 975 acg gcg att gtg ctg ggc gaa gca ggt atc aac ccg cgt ctg gta aac 2976 Thr Ala Ile Val Leu Gly Glu Ala Gly Ile Asn Pro Arg Leu Val Asn 980 985 990 aag gtg cat gaa ggc cgt ccg cac att cag gac cgt atc aag aat ggc 3024 Lys Val His Glu Gly Arg Pro His Ile Gln Asp Arg Ile Lys Asn Gly 995 1000 1005 gaa tat acc tac atc atc aac acc acc tca ggc cgt cgt gcg att 3069 Glu Tyr Thr Tyr Ile Ile Asn Thr Thr Ser Gly Arg Arg Ala Ile 1010 1015 1020 gaa gac tcc cgc gtg att cgt cgc agt gcg ctg caa tat aaa gtg 3114 Glu Asp Ser Arg Val Ile Arg Arg Ser Ala Leu Gln Tyr Lys Val 1025 1030 1035 cat tac gac acc acc ctg aac ggc ggc ttt gcc acc gcg atg gcg 3159 His Tyr Asp Thr Thr Leu Asn Gly Gly Phe Ala Thr Ala Met Ala 1040 1045 1050 ctg aat gcc gat gcg act gaa aaa gta att tcg gtg cag gaa atg 3204 Leu Asn Ala Asp Ala Thr Glu Lys Val Ile Ser Val Gln Glu Met 1055 1060 1065 cac gca cag atc aaa taa 3222 His Ala Gln Ile Lys 1070 20 1073 PRT Escherichia coli 20 Met Pro Lys Arg Thr Asp Ile Lys Ser Ile Leu Ile Leu Gly Ala Gly 1 5 10 15 Pro Ile Val Ile Gly Gln Ala Cys Glu Phe Asp Tyr Ser Gly Ala Gln 20 25 30 Ala Cys Lys Ala Leu Arg Glu Glu Gly Tyr Arg Val Ile Leu Val Asn 35 40 45 Ser Asn Pro Ala Thr Ile Met Thr Asp Pro Glu Met Ala Asp Ala Thr 50 55 60 Tyr Ile Glu Pro Ile His Trp Glu Val Val Arg Lys Ile Ile Glu Lys 65 70 75 80 Glu Arg Pro Asp Ala Val Leu Pro Thr Met Gly Gly Gln Thr Ala Leu 85 90 95 Asn Cys Ala Leu Glu Leu Glu Arg Gln Gly Val Leu Glu Glu Phe Gly 100 105 110 Val Thr Met Ile Gly Ala Thr Ala Asp Ala Ile Asp Lys Ala Glu Asp 115 120 125 Arg Arg Arg Phe Asp Val Ala Met Lys Lys Ile Gly Leu Glu Thr Ala 130 135 140 Arg Ser Gly Ile Ala His Thr Met Glu Glu Ala Leu Ala Val Ala Ala 145 150 155 160 Asp Val Gly Phe Pro Cys Ile Ile Arg Pro Ser Phe Thr Met Gly Gly 165 170 175 Ser Gly Gly Gly Ile Ala Tyr Asn Arg Glu Glu Phe Glu Glu Ile Cys 180 185 190 Ala Arg Gly Leu Asp Leu Ser Pro Thr Lys Glu Leu Leu Ile Asp Glu 195 200 205 Ser Leu Ile Gly Trp Lys Glu Tyr Glu Met Glu Val Val Arg Asp Lys 210 215 220 Asn Asp Asn Cys Ile Ile Val Cys Ser Ile Glu Asn Phe Asp Ala Met 225 230 235 240 Gly Ile His Thr Gly Asp Ser Ile Thr Val Ala Pro Ala Gln Thr Leu 245 250 255 Thr Asp Lys Glu Tyr Gln Ile Met Arg Asn Ala Ser Met Ala Val Leu 260 265 270 Arg Glu Ile Gly Val Glu Thr Gly Gly Ser Asn Val Gln Phe Ala Val 275 280 285 Asn Pro Lys Asn Gly Arg Leu Ile Val Ile Glu Met Asn Pro Arg Val 290 295 300 Ser Arg Ser Ser Ala Leu Ala Ser Lys Ala Thr Gly Phe Pro Ile Ala 305 310 315 320 Lys Val Ala Ala Lys Leu Ala Val Gly Tyr Thr Leu Asp Glu Leu Met 325 330 335 Asn Asp Ile Thr Gly Gly Arg Thr Pro Ala Ser Phe Glu Pro Ser Ile 340 345 350 Asp Tyr Val Val Thr Lys Ile Pro Arg Phe Asn Phe Glu Lys Phe Ala 355 360 365 Gly Ala Asn Asp Arg Leu Thr Thr Gln Met Lys Ser Val Gly Glu Val 370 375 380 Met Ala Ile Gly Arg Thr Gln Gln Glu Ser Leu Gln Lys Ala Leu Arg 385 390 395 400 Gly Leu Glu Val Gly Ala Thr Gly Phe Asp Pro Lys Val Ser Leu Asp 405 410 415 Asp Pro Glu Ala Leu Thr Lys Ile Arg Arg Glu Leu Lys Asp Ala Gly 420 425 430 Ala Asp Arg Ile Trp Tyr Ile Ala Asp Ala Phe Arg Ala Gly Leu Ser 435 440 445 Val Asp Gly Val Phe Asn Leu Thr Asn Ile Asp Arg Trp Phe Leu Val 450 455 460 Gln Ile Glu Glu Leu Val Arg Leu Glu Glu Lys Val Ala Glu Val Gly 465 470 475 480 Ile Thr Gly Leu Asn Ala Asp Phe Leu Arg Gln Leu Lys Arg Lys Gly 485 490 495 Phe Ala Asp Ala Arg Leu Ala Lys Leu Ala Gly Val Arg Glu Ala Glu 500 505 510 Ile Arg Lys Leu Arg Asp Gln Tyr Asp Leu His Pro Val Tyr Lys Arg 515 520 525 Val Asp Thr Cys Ala Ala Glu Phe Ala Thr Asp Thr Ala Tyr Met Tyr 530 535 540 Ser Thr Tyr Glu Glu Glu Cys Glu Ala Asn Pro Ser Thr Asp Arg Glu 545 550 555 560 Lys Ile Met Val Leu Gly Gly Gly Pro Asn Arg Ile Gly Gln Gly Ile 565 570 575 Glu Phe Asp Tyr Cys Cys Val His Ala Ser Leu Ala Leu Arg Glu Asp 580 585 590 Gly Tyr Glu Thr Ile Met Val Asn Cys Asn Pro Glu Thr Val Ser Thr 595 600 605 Asp Tyr Asp Thr Ser Asp Arg Leu Tyr Phe Glu Pro Val Thr Leu Glu 610 615 620 Asp Val Leu Glu Ile Val Arg Ile Glu Lys Pro Lys Gly Val Ile Val 625 630 635 640 Gln Tyr Gly Gly Gln Thr Pro Leu Lys Leu Ala Arg Ala Leu Glu Ala 645 650 655 Ala Gly Val Pro Val Ile Gly Thr Ser Pro Asp Ala Ile Asp Arg Ala 660 665 670 Glu Asp Arg Glu Arg Phe Gln His Ala Val Glu Arg Leu Lys Leu Lys 675 680 685 Gln Pro Ala Asn Ala Thr Val Thr Ala Ile Glu Met Ala Val Glu Lys 690 695 700 Ala Lys Glu Ile Gly Tyr Pro Leu Val Val Arg Pro Ser Tyr Val Leu 705 710 715 720 Gly Gly Arg Ala Met Glu Ile Val Tyr Asp Glu Ala Asp Leu Arg Arg 725 730 735 Tyr Phe Gln Thr Ala Val Ser Val Ser Asn Asp Ala Pro Val Leu Leu 740 745 750 Asp His Phe Leu Asp Asp Ala Val Glu Val Asp Val Asp Ala Ile Cys 755 760 765 Asp Gly Glu Met Val Leu Ile Gly Gly Ile Met Glu His Ile Glu Gln 770 775 780 Ala Gly Val His Ser Gly Asp Ser Ala Cys Ser Leu Pro Ala Tyr Thr 785 790 795 800 Leu Ser Gln Glu Ile Gln Asp Val Met Arg Gln Gln Val Gln Lys Leu 805 810 815 Ala Phe Glu Leu Gln Val Arg Gly Leu Met Asn Val Gln Phe Ala Val 820 825 830 Lys Asn Asn Glu Val Tyr Leu Ile Glu Val Asn Pro Arg Ala Ala Arg 835 840 845 Thr Val Pro Phe Val Ser Lys Ala Thr Gly Val Pro Leu Ala Lys Val 850 855 860 Ala Ala Arg Val Met Ala Gly Lys Ser Leu Ala Glu Gln Gly Val Thr 865 870 875 880 Lys Glu Val Ile Pro Pro Tyr Tyr Ser Val Lys Glu Val Val Leu Pro 885 890 895 Phe Asn Lys Phe Pro Gly Val Asp Pro Leu Leu Gly Pro Glu Met Arg 900 905 910 Ser Thr Gly Glu Val Met Gly Val Gly Arg Thr Phe Ala Glu Ala Phe 915 920 925 Ala Lys Ala Gln Leu Gly Ser Asn Ser Thr Met Lys Lys His Gly Arg 930 935 940 Ala Leu Leu Ser Val Arg Glu Gly Asp Lys Glu Arg Val Val Asp Leu 945 950 955 960 Ala Ala Lys Leu Leu Lys Gln Gly Phe Glu Leu Asp Ala Thr His Gly 965 970 975 Thr Ala Ile Val Leu Gly Glu Ala Gly Ile Asn Pro Arg Leu Val Asn 980 985 990 Lys Val His Glu Gly Arg Pro His Ile Gln Asp Arg Ile Lys Asn Gly 995 1000 1005 Glu Tyr Thr Tyr Ile Ile Asn Thr Thr Ser Gly Arg Arg Ala Ile 1010 1015 1020 Glu Asp Ser Arg Val Ile Arg Arg Ser Ala Leu Gln Tyr Lys Val 1025 1030 1035 His Tyr Asp Thr Thr Leu Asn Gly Gly Phe Ala Thr Ala Met Ala 1040 1045 1050 Leu Asn Ala Asp Ala Thr Glu Lys Val Ile Ser Val Gln Glu Met 1055 1060 1065 His Ala Gln Ile Lys 1070 21 29 DNA ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC DNA 21 accagatctg cgggcagtga gcgcaacgc 29 22 32 DNA ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC DNA 22 gtttctagat cctgtgtgaa attgttatcc gc 32 23 28 DNA ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC DNA 23 cctctagaaa taaagtgagt gaatattc 28 24 22 DNA ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC DNA 24 cttagcggtt ttacggtact gc 22 25 48 DNA ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC DNA 25 ggtcgtgcgc tgnnynycnn ynnnrnnggc gataaagaac gcgtggtg 48 26 20 DNA ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC DNA 26 ccacttcctc gatgacgcgg 20 27 34 DNA ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC DNA 27 cgtgcgctgc ttttcgtgcg cgaaggcgat aaag 34 28 5 PRT ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE 28 Leu Ser Val Arg Glu 1 5 29 5 PRT ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE 29 Leu Phe Val Arg Glu 1 5 30 15 DNA ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC DNA 30 ctttccgtgc gcgaa 15 31 15 DNA ARTIFICIAL SEQUENCE SYNTHETIC DNA 31 cttttcgtgc gcgaa 15 32 1149 DNA Escherichia coli CDS (1)..(1149) 32 ttg att aag tca gcg cta ttg gtt ctg gaa gac gga acc cag ttt cac 48 Leu Ile Lys Ser Ala Leu Leu Val Leu Glu Asp Gly Thr Gln Phe His 1 5 10 15 ggt cgg gcc ata ggg gca aca ggt tcg gcg gtt ggg gaa gtc gtt ttc 96 Gly Arg Ala Ile Gly Ala Thr Gly Ser Ala Val Gly Glu Val Val Phe 20 25 30 aat act tca atg acc ggt tat caa gaa atc ctc act gat cct tcc tat 144 Asn Thr Ser Met Thr Gly Tyr Gln Glu Ile Leu Thr Asp Pro Ser Tyr 35 40 45 tct cgt caa atc gtt act ctt act tat ccc cat att ggc aat gtc ggc 192 Ser Arg Gln Ile Val Thr Leu Thr Tyr Pro His Ile Gly Asn Val Gly 50 55 60 acc aat gac gcc gat gaa gaa tct tct cag gta cat gca caa ggt ctg 240 Thr Asn Asp Ala Asp Glu Glu Ser Ser Gln Val His Ala Gln Gly Leu 65 70 75 80 gtg att cgc gac ctg ccg ctg att gcc agc aac ttc cgt aat acc gaa 288 Val Ile Arg Asp Leu Pro Leu Ile Ala Ser Asn Phe Arg Asn Thr Glu 85 90 95 gac ctc tct tct tac ctg aaa cgc cat aac atc gtg gcg att gcc gat 336 Asp Leu Ser Ser Tyr Leu Lys Arg His Asn Ile Val Ala Ile Ala Asp 100 105 110 atc gat acc cgt aag ctg acg cgt tta ctg cgc gag aaa ggc gca cag 384 Ile Asp Thr Arg Lys Leu Thr Arg Leu Leu Arg Glu Lys Gly Ala Gln 115 120 125 aat ggc tgc att atc gcg ggc gat aac ccg gat gcg gcg ctg gcg tta 432 Asn Gly Cys Ile Ile Ala Gly Asp Asn Pro Asp Ala Ala Leu Ala Leu 130 135 140 gaa aaa gcc cgc gcg ttc cca ggt ctg aat ggc atg gat ctg gca aaa 480 Glu Lys Ala Arg Ala Phe Pro Gly Leu Asn Gly Met Asp Leu Ala Lys 145 150 155 160 gaa gtg acc acc gca gaa gcc tat agc tgg aca caa ggg agc tgg acg 528 Glu Val Thr Thr Ala Glu Ala Tyr Ser Trp Thr Gln Gly Ser Trp Thr 165 170 175 ttg acc ggt ggc ctg cca gaa gcg aaa aaa gaa gac gag ctg ccg ttc 576 Leu Thr Gly Gly Leu Pro Glu Ala Lys Lys Glu Asp Glu Leu Pro Phe 180 185 190 cac gtc gtg gct tat gat ttt ggt gcc aag cgc aac atc ctg cgg atg 624 His Val Val Ala Tyr Asp Phe Gly Ala Lys Arg Asn Ile Leu Arg Met 195 200 205 ctg gtg gat aga ggc tgt cgc ctg acc atc gtt ccg gcg caa act tct 672 Leu Val Asp Arg Gly Cys Arg Leu Thr Ile Val Pro Ala Gln Thr Ser 210 215 220 gcg gaa gat gtg ctg aaa atg aat cca gac ggc atc ttc ctc tcc aac 720 Ala Glu Asp Val Leu Lys Met Asn Pro Asp Gly Ile Phe Leu Ser Asn 225 230 235 240 ggt cct ggc gac ccg gcc ccg tgc gat tac gcc att acc gcc atc cag 768 Gly Pro Gly Asp Pro Ala Pro Cys Asp Tyr Ala Ile Thr Ala Ile Gln 245 250 255 aaa ttc ctc gaa acc gat att ccg gta ttc ggc atc tgt ctc ggt cat 816 Lys Phe Leu Glu Thr Asp Ile Pro Val Phe Gly Ile Cys Leu Gly His 260 265 270 cag ctg ctg gcg ctg gcg agc ggt gcg aag act gtc aaa atg aaa ttt 864 Gln Leu Leu Ala Leu Ala Ser Gly Ala Lys Thr Val Lys Met Lys Phe 275 280 285 ggt cac cac ggc ggc aac cat ccg gtt aaa gat gtg gag aaa aac gtg 912 Gly His His Gly Gly Asn His Pro Val Lys Asp Val Glu Lys Asn Val 290 295 300 gta atg atc acc gcc cag aac cac ggt ttt gcg gtg gac gaa gca aca 960 Val Met Ile Thr Ala Gln Asn His Gly Phe Ala Val Asp Glu Ala Thr 305 310 315 320 tta cct gca aac ctg cgt gtc acg cat aaa tcc ctg ttc gac ggt acg 1008 Leu Pro Ala Asn Leu Arg Val Thr His Lys Ser Leu Phe Asp Gly Thr 325 330 335 tta cag ggc att cat cgc acc gat aaa ccg gca ttc agc ttc cag ggg 1056 Leu Gln Gly Ile His Arg Thr Asp Lys Pro Ala Phe Ser Phe Gln Gly 340 345 350 cac cct gaa gcc agc cct ggt cca cac gac gcc gcg ccg ttg ttc gac 1104 His Pro Glu Ala Ser Pro Gly Pro His Asp Ala Ala Pro Leu Phe Asp 355 360 365 cac ttt atc gag tta att gag cag tac cgt aaa acc gct aag taa 1149 His Phe Ile Glu Leu Ile Glu Gln Tyr Arg Lys Thr Ala Lys 370 375 380 33 382 PRT Escherichia coli 33 Leu Ile Lys Ser Ala Leu Leu Val Leu Glu Asp Gly Thr Gln Phe His 1 5 10 15 Gly Arg Ala Ile Gly Ala Thr Gly Ser Ala Val Gly Glu Val Val Phe 20 25 30 Asn Thr Ser Met Thr Gly Tyr Gln Glu Ile Leu Thr Asp Pro Ser Tyr 35 40 45 Ser Arg Gln Ile Val Thr Leu Thr Tyr Pro His Ile Gly Asn Val Gly 50 55 60 Thr Asn Asp Ala Asp Glu Glu Ser Ser Gln Val His Ala Gln Gly Leu 65 70 75 80 Val Ile Arg Asp Leu Pro Leu Ile Ala Ser Asn Phe Arg Asn Thr Glu 85 90 95 Asp Leu Ser Ser Tyr Leu Lys Arg His Asn Ile Val Ala Ile Ala Asp 100 105 110 Ile Asp Thr Arg Lys Leu Thr Arg Leu Leu Arg Glu Lys Gly Ala Gln 115 120 125 Asn Gly Cys Ile Ile Ala Gly Asp Asn Pro Asp Ala Ala Leu Ala Leu 130 135 140 Glu Lys Ala Arg Ala Phe Pro Gly Leu Asn Gly Met Asp Leu Ala Lys 145 150 155 160 Glu Val Thr Thr Ala Glu Ala Tyr Ser Trp Thr Gln Gly Ser Trp Thr 165 170 175 Leu Thr Gly Gly Leu Pro Glu Ala Lys Lys Glu Asp Glu Leu Pro Phe 180 185 190 His Val Val Ala Tyr Asp Phe Gly Ala Lys Arg Asn Ile Leu Arg Met 195 200 205 Leu Val Asp Arg Gly Cys Arg Leu Thr Ile Val Pro Ala Gln Thr Ser 210 215 220 Ala Glu Asp Val Leu Lys Met Asn Pro Asp Gly Ile Phe Leu Ser Asn 225 230 235 240 Gly Pro Gly Asp Pro Ala Pro Cys Asp Tyr Ala Ile Thr Ala Ile Gln 245 250 255 Lys Phe Leu Glu Thr Asp Ile Pro Val Phe Gly Ile Cys Leu Gly His 260 265 270 Gln Leu Leu Ala Leu Ala Ser Gly Ala Lys Thr Val Lys Met Lys Phe 275 280 285 Gly His His Gly Gly Asn His Pro Val Lys Asp Val Glu Lys Asn Val 290 295 300 Val Met Ile Thr Ala Gln Asn His Gly Phe Ala Val Asp Glu Ala Thr 305 310 315 320 Leu Pro Ala Asn Leu Arg Val Thr His Lys Ser Leu Phe Asp Gly Thr 325 330 335 Leu Gln Gly Ile His Arg Thr Asp Lys Pro Ala Phe Ser Phe Gln Gly 340 345 350 His Pro Glu Ala Ser Pro Gly Pro His Asp Ala Ala Pro Leu Phe Asp 355 360 365 His Phe Ile Glu Leu Ile Glu Gln Tyr Arg Lys Thr Ala Lys 370 375 380 

What is claimed is:
 1. A large subunit of carbamoylphosphate synthetase wherein the amino acid sequence corresponding to the positions from 947 to 951 of SEQ ID NO:20 is replaced with any one of amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 9, and feedback inhibition by uridine 5′-monophosphate is desensitized;
 2. The large subunit of the carbamoylphosphate synthetase according to claim 1, wherein a wild type carbamoylphosphate synthetase is that of Escherichia coli;
 3. The large subunit of the carbamoylphosphate synthetase according to claim 1, wherein the amino acid sequence of the positions from 947 to 951 of SEQ ID NO:20 is replaced with any one of amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 9, and feedback inhibition by uridine 5′-monophosphate is desensitized;
 4. The large subunit of the carbamoylphosphate synthetase according to claim 1, which includes deletion, substitution, insertion, or addition of one or several amino acids at one or a plurality of positions other than the positions from 947 to 951, wherein feedback inhibition by uridine 5′-monophosphate is desensitized;
 5. A carbamoylphosphate synthetase which comprises the large subunit of the carbamoylphosphate synthetase according to any one of claims 1 to
 4. 6. A DNA coding the large subunit of the carbamoylphosphate synthetase according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein feedback inhibition by uridine 5′-monophosphate is desensitized;
 7. A DNA coding the large subunit of carbamoylphosphate synthetase wherein feedback inhibition by uridine 5′-monophosphate is desensitized according to any one of claims 1 to 4, and a small subunit of carbamoylphosphate synthetase of Escherichia coli.
 8. A bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia, which harbors the DNA according to claim 6 or 7;
 9. The bacterium according to claim 8, which has an ability to produce a compound selected from the group consisting of L-arginine, citrulline and pyrimidine derivatives;
 10. The bacterium according to claim 9, wherein the pyrimidine derivatives are orotic acid, uridine, uridine 5′-monophosphate, cytidine and cytidine 5′-monophosphate.
 11. A method for producing the compound which is selected from the group consisting of L-arginine, citrulline and pyrimidine derivatives, which method comprises the steps of cultivating the bacterium according to any of claims 8 to 10 in a medium to produce and accumulate the compound in the medium and collecting the compound from the medium; and
 12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the pyrimidine derivatives are orotic acid, uridine, uridine 5′-monophosphate, cytidine and cytidine 5′-monophosphate. 